This week our team was able to add the DC motors (without encoders) back onto the metal chassis frame. The original wires of the motors needed to be lengthened and tied together, which we were able to accomplish by soldering them to wires within conduits and using electrical tape to cover the junctions.
We were able to set up the Arduino-motor circuit from within the base frame, and used a simple code script to test the motion of the motors with the wheels on the prototype. The video below shows how the wheels and motors were able to spin in both directions, and at differing speeds when designated.
Rover Camera
As we were testing out the rover motors we were looking at camera options to buy. Although we want a stereo camera that works with the raspbery pi. at the moment it might be a bit out a budget to we are planning to look further into the single camera options with some infrared sensors to help with night time object detection.
Stereo Camera Option
Single Camera Option (with infrared sensors)
